Nature-Nurture and the Debates Surrounding Ethology and Sociobiology
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Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Zoologist
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0003-1569
DOI: 10.1093/icb/31.2.286